37 Problems

Lisa Ebersole

37 Problems

Lisa Ebersole

Comedy,
Romantic Comedy

Series

Los Angeles

A single, struggling, 37 year-old screenwriter, is totally focused on her career until she finds out she has one egg left. Suddenly she has to find a guy to fertilize the egg, freeze the egg, or do nothing and live a different life than she imagined. (It's a comedy!)

A single, struggling, 37 year-old screenwriter, is totally focused on her career until she finds out she has one egg left. Suddenly she has to find a guy to fertilize the egg, freeze the egg, or do nothing and live a different life than she imagined. (It's a comedy!)

295 supporters

428 followers

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RAISED $37,048

for PRODUCTION

295 supporters, 428 followers

About The Project

WANT A SNEAK PEEK? Check out 37 PROBLEMS / Episode 1

(content disclaimer: there is brief nudity, not suitable for kids or offices)

LATEST NEWS!

37 PROBLEMS Episodes 1, 2, 3 were just accepted to The Austin Film Festival and Brooklyn Web Fest. We’ve filmed 3 episodes and have 7 more to go. Digital content buyers are reading the script and we want to be able to show them a complete series as soon as possible! To that end, we’re launching a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds for the remaining episodes. We hope you’ll join our team!

ABOUT THE SERIES!

37 PROBLEMS is a story very close to my heart – a struggling 37 year-old screenwriter who isn’t married and doesn’t have kids, is all about her career, until she finds out she has one egg left. Suddenly she has to find a guy to fertilize the egg, freeze the egg, or do nothing and live a different life than she imagined. (It’s a comedy!)

A couple years ago, a couple of friends froze their eggs and I wondered if I needed to max out my credit card and do that too? When I asked my gynecologist, she said, “You’re never as young as you are today.” Thanks. And yet, she’s right. I always assumed I’d want kids “some day,” but some day is now. And I’m not doing anything about it. Except making a web series about it.

I wonder if that means I don’t really want kids? I wonder if I could have one on my own even if I did? I wonder if I’m going to run out of time while I’m wondering all of these things?

I know that if I’m asking these questions, other women are too. I want to put our story on screen. To make something real, that’s also really funny. I want to help anyone working to figure this stuff out. To say, you’re not alone, and we can get through this together. It’s important to have a new point of view on motherhood, fertility, and the decisions around bringing new life into the world. Be that a baby or a web series.

When you contribute to 37 PROBLEMS you help bring our "baby" into the world. Thank you. We can do this!

Incentives

$10

YOU'RE HOT AND SEXY

Give us your twitter or facebook handle in the comment section and we'll thank you personal!

$25

WANNA PLAY DOCTOR?

Be among the first to see 37 PROBLEMS Episodes 2 & 3 and meet our resident Dr. Dreamy! You'll get a private link and password to view.

$50

YOUR FACE ON LISA'S LAPTOP

Send us a photo and we'll put your face on Lisa's laptop screen in the 37 PROBLEMS Cover Image! (shared to social media by request)

And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3!

$95

LAP DANCE CLASS!

You read that right -- Take a lap dance class with Lisa, taught by her friend Claire. (Women Only. LA only.) And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3!

Claimed: 4 of 8

$100

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?

Get a digital download of 37 PROBLEMS "EGGS" COOKBOOK!

Featuring Lisa and the cast's favorite egg-based recipes.

And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3!

$250

YOU'RE *SPECIAL* TO 37 PROBLEMS!

You'll be listed by name in the "Special Thanks" of 37 PROBLEMS credits and on IMDB.

And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

$500

SIGNED COPY OF 37 PROBLEMS SCRIPT!

You'll get a PDF of the full 37 PROBLEMS / Season One script signed by Lisa.

And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

Claimed: 3 of 20

$1,000

YOUR MUG SHOT!

Make an appearance in 37 PROBLEMS! We'll feature your photo in a scene. And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

Claimed: 0 of 10

$1,500

WALK ON ROLE!

Get in on the action! You'll appear as a (fully clothed) featured extra in 37 PROBLEMS. (LA only) And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

Claimed: 0 of 2

$2,500

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Be our Associate Producer and receive credit on IMDB!

And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

Claimed: 0 of 10

$5,000

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Be our Co-Executive producer and receive credit on IMDB! And you get Exclusive Access to Episodes 2 & 3 + the "EGGS" Cookbook!

(this perk does not come with creative control but we will love you to pieces)

Current Team

About This Team

ABOUT THE CAST AND CREW!

LISA EBERSOLE (Writer/Director, AMANDA) is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker. Her plays have been produced Off Broadway and regionally. They include: BABY (Best of The Fringe Festival) MOTHER (starring Buck Henry and Holland Taylor) BROTHER (published by Samuel French) PEOPLE DIE THAT WAY (Editor’s Choice Time Out New York & Backstage.) Her films include the feature adaptation of BROTHER (Tribeca Cinemas) the short film PUDDIN’ (Palm Springs Film Festival) and the web series 37 PROBLEMS (Official Selection Austin Film Festival, Brooklyn Web Fest.)

PEJ VAHDAT ("DR. DRIMI") is a series regular on the hit TV series: BONES, SHAMELESS and DALLAS. He appeared in the feature films "A Girl Walks Home at Night" and "Flight 93."

STEPHANIE SANDITZ ("SEPTEMBER") Stephanie Sanditz is an actress and writer from Broken Heart, Missouri, the name of her screenplay, currently in development with Radar Pictures (Spring Breakers, Cocktail). She just played a lead role in new series COUPLES by Mark Webber, (Green Room, Scott Pilgrim). Other acting credits include DisOrientation, Law & Order, Law & Order Criminal Intent, Young & the Restless, Kate & Leopold and Strangers with Candy, with Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert. She also wrote and starred in the short, Snuggle Bunny, with Zosia Mamet from HBO's Girls. She met Lisa on her play/film BROTHER and is honored to have been her loyal and reckless sidekick ever since.

JOSEPH REITMAN ("GUNNAR") has appeared in over 50 episodes of television including Married with Children, Charmed, Hudson Street and The Shield, and guest starring roles on The Drew Carey Show, The Pretender, CSI Miami, CSI Las Vegas, Sleeper Cell, In Plain Sight, Monk, Supernatural and NCIS; LA. Joe was also a series regular on Townies for ABC, and has acted in over 20 feature films including The Perfect Storm, Clueless, Tomcats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, American Pie 2, Bandidas, M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady In The Water, Gamer, Crank 2 and the upcoming Money Monster.

CATHERINE CARLEN ("DIANE") was born in Cookeville, Tennessee. She always dreamed of acting, and moved to New York City in the 1980s where he studied with Uta Hagen for years and Stella Adler and Susan Batson. She is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, is teaching acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles, and is a private coach to many well-known stars in Hollywood. Catherine has appeared in the series HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, and THE MINDY PROJECT among others.

JAMES MORRISON ("KEVIN") is a filmmaker, playwright, poet, actor, singer/songwriter and yoga teacher. He began his acting career as a clown and wire walker for the Carson and Barnes Wild Animal Circus. Since then, he has appeared at the McCarter Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the L.A. Stage Company and The Old Globe with such renowned directors as Emily Mann, Des McAnuff, Jack O'Brien, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jose Quintero and Harry Mastrogeorge, his acting teacher since 1982. James was a series regular on 24 and has appeared on SIX FEET UNDER, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and REVENGE among others.

MIA CHANTEL ("CRANBERRY") is acting for the first time on screen in 37 PROBLEMS. Yay, Mia!

RUBEN CONTRERAS (Director of Photography) is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Graduate Film and Television Production program where he received the Edward and Mildred Troutner Award for Cinematography. His passion is to create images that support the stories of disadvantaged people from around the world.

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